Narrative and Becoming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20005047 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ridvan Askin (0000-0001-8368-4660, University of Basel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 200 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Narrative and Becoming (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474414562.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2607488227 |
| Open Library | OL28604419M |
| ISBN | 9781474414562 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
What is narrative? Ridvan Askin answers this question by bringing together aesthetics, contemporary North American fiction, Gilles Deleuze, narrative theory and the recent speculative turn. Through this process he develops a transcendental empiricist concept of narrative. Against the established consensus of narrative theory he argues for an understanding of narrative as fundamentally nonhuman, unconscious and expressive. Narrative and Becoming provides close readings of a number of contemporary North American fictions, most prominently Ana Castillo’s The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986), Michael Ondaatje’s The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (1970), Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist (1999) and Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves (2000), showcasing their genuine metaphysical quality
Art · Empiricism · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphysics · Narrative · Unconscious mind · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · History · Latin American Literature Studies · Modern American Literature Studies · Philosophy · American fiction · American fiction, history and criticism · Canadian fiction · Discourse analysis, narrative · Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) · History and criticism · Narration (rhetoric)
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |